Vessel



Aug. 19, 1930. A. M. MCDOUGALL VESSEL Filed Oct. 6, 1928 INVENTR.

ATTolNlgs.

'from the plan views of the accompanying Patented Aug. 19, 1930 UNrrs *stares VESSEL l This invention relates to vessels andy has special reference to one designed for use in the transportation of railroad cars wherein the breaking of bulk at rail and water terminals is avoided.

The object of my present invent-ion is to vessel as it would appear loaded with railroad cars; e

- Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a plan view of an intermediate deck;y and Figure 4 is a plan view of the tank top. l represents the vessel which is of the self propelled type, having fore and aft deck houses 2 and 3 respectively. lt will be noted drawing that the after side lines of the vessel vare carried normally full so that ample roomy is provided for trackage upon either side of the after deck house, and the moving of box cars or other rolling stock fore and aft thereupon, thereby avoiding the necessity of pro-.

viding a stepped deck as illustrated in my copending application Ser. No. 102,947, as both the tween deck 4 and upper deck 5 'are of equal dimensions and extend to the stern of the vessel.

f vessel and upon which cars are loaded and unloaded to and from said deck, while upon the opposite side of the tween deck house an .liunaxnltnnny MILLERMenoUGnLng"or-fnnrrtorr. 1i/[reniery Applicatiennlea october areas'fx seriaiNq-ioQeoaf,i v

inclined', deck or ygangwz-rj'y side'of ythetween deckhouse 6.V Y

VVbeing received on 'thesame vlevel through the stern'ofthevessel.` *f

The cars upon the upper deck 5 are vloaded and unloaded throug'fhs'th'c bulwark just abreastv the forward end of the `after deck house 3`in a similarmanner-to that kshown in my copending application Ser. No; 160,592. It will be notedthat for suitable head room abovel the forward' portion of the inclined gangway 7 the deck inust be cut-away forniing an open forwardly enlarged hatchway forwardly ofthe tween deck house 6, as clean "lyf'seen in Figure ofthe drawings',fthis howj ever not interfering with `the' g loading of the cars on the tween deck4'uponthe` opposite By this -novelform of ship construction Ait bythe least possible amount of carrying space Y 7ff f 11s' evident that Ihave provided meanswhereof the vessel'is lost,-yet`permitting of the cars v -being loaded 'and unloaded fupon their own wheels and with the least possibleadjustment ofany mechanism in accomplishing same;` i

'It `is' Vobvious' that while the` accompanying drawings illustrate the vessel being usedv for theftransportation ofrailroadcars, the same advantage ofv the"novel'construction accrues to the use of the vessel in transporting other forms of vehicles, such as automobiles or the like. f

Having thus describedrmy invention, what A I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: f f

1.'The combination with'a vessel of the type described having a tank top deck, a tween deck and an upper deck for the reception of railroad cars, and an after tween `deck house, ofa track upon one sidel of the tween deck house yfor ingress and egress of the cars to the tween deck,`and an inclined track upon the opposite side of said house for-ingress and egress of the cars to the tankv topdeck.A

2. The combination witha vessel of the type described having a tankftop deck, a

tween deck for the reception of vehicles,

and an after tween deckhouse, of a trackY upon one side of said house for ingress and egress of the vehicles to the tween deck, and an inclined track upon the opposite side of the tween deck house for ingress and egress of the vehicles to the tank top deck.

3. The combination with a vessel having spaced decks therein for the transportation of vehiclesaandfan afterhouse, of a track upon one'side of said house for ingress and egress to the uppermost deck through the vr'stern of the ffvvesselygand Y an inclined track upon the opposite side of the after house for ingress and egress through the stern of the vessel to the lowermost deck. p

4. A vessel having 'spaced-'decks 4lforcthe transportation of vehicles, roi' .means upon `one of said decks for thereceptionof vehicles through one side ofthe sterntosaid deck, land `an inclined track upon the other side of said deck for the reception of vehicles through thestern to an adjacent deck.

5. A vessel having an after deck houseiand spaced decks for the. transportation of vehicles, of 'means upon one Aside of saidhouse for the reception of vehicles Athrough the sternof the vessel upon one deck, and means including an inclined track upon theother side of said houserfor the reception of vehicles through the stern upon `an adjacent lower deck. y

6. A 'vessel'ofthe type described having a `tank top deck, amain deck,l anda tween-deck for the reception ofvehicles, -the Amain deck' having means Afor the ingress andfegress of lthe vehicles in the 'after ypart of the vessel `forward of the vafter house, the tweenfdeck .having means for the ingress and egress of the vehicles upon one side of the after house ythrough the stern of the vessel,. and the `tank -top .deck having means for lthe ingress .and egress of the vehicles upon the loppositefside ofthe after .house through .the Astern of the vessel.

In testimony whereof I `aflix my signature.

IALEXANDER vMILLER MDOUGALL. 

